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Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a new US indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents. The additional charges,

Rescuers searched on Thursday for seven missing sailors after drones struck two chemical tankers near Romania's Black Sea coast, setting them ablaze and raising fresh security concerns along a vital shipping route used by Ukraine. Romanian President Nicusor Dan said the two ships had

Yemen's Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden on Thursday, killing two security guards, two government officials told Reuters. Yemen's prime minister and cabinet members who were at the Maashiq presidential palace complex were unharmed, In

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores arrived in a US court on Thursday, where they are expected to respond to a new indictment accusing them of conspiring

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India's overall balance of payments (BoP) recorded a surplus of USD 45.4 billion in August 2026, compared with a deficit of USD 5.6 billion in the same month last year, supported by a sharp rise in foreign currency inflows, particularly non-resident Indian (NRI) deposits, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday. The sharp improvement comes even as India's current account remained in deficit, highlighting the role of foreign capital inflows in strengthening the c

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday inaugurated the North East's first VISA application centre at the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT), Khanapara in Guwahati. During the inauguration, Chief Minister Sarma mentioned that this was the first VFS Global visa application centre in Assam, adding that it would serve applicants from all eight North Eastern states. He stated that the facility would process visa applications for 14 countries, which include Austria, Cyprus, the Czech Republ

A massive explosion ripped through a two-storey residential building in the Sarnath area here on Thursday, triggering its collapse and leaving at least three people injured, according to officials. The blast is suspected to have occurred at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit operating inside the densely populated residential locality. Upon receiving information about the incident near Purana Pul, senior administrative and police officials, along with teams from the National Disaster Respo

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NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte met on Thursday with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev and Romanian President Nicusor Dan to discuss security in the Black Sea and the latest attacks on commercial shipping, he said in a post on X. NATO will continue to work

Hyderabad Police have registered a case after a clash between National Students' Union of India (NSUI) workers and the management of Care Nursing College in Mansoorabad, Hyderabad, following allegations of inadequate food being provided to students. According to the police complaint, the college Principal, D Sunitha (46), lodged a complaint on October 14, alleging that a group of NSUI workers trespassed into the college premises on October 13 and assaulted female staff members and students, crea

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Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom said a truce agreement was in place as of Thursday to allow repairs at a thermal power station supplying power to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine. It said the agreement was mediated by the Inter

Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday accused Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar of targeting Janata Dal (Secular) workers amid the alleged sting operation controversy, questioning who leaked Cabinet meeting details to the media and demanding that the Chief Minister

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday he hoped a new EU budget agreement could be reached by the end of the year, but that positions were still far apart, speaking ahead of an EU summit in Brussels.

Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian refineries with a strike at an installation in the Ryazan region, the regional governor said on Thursday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr

Russia hit Ukraine's Naftogaz gas extraction facility in the central Poltava region overnight, the company said on Thursday. It said in a statement on the Telegram app that the attack suspended the operations, damaged equipment and caused a fire.

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German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Thursday his country's support for Ukraine was clear but comes with clear expectations for political reforms. Klingbeil was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok.

Newly appointed Odisha Governor Braj Mohan Ram on Thursday clarified his reported remarks about strengthening the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organisation in the state, stating that he would work in coordination with everyone and was ow above party politics. Responding to reports that he had said he would work to strengthen the BJP's organisation in Odisha following his appointment as Governor, Braj Mohan Ram told ANI, No, I did not say this. I said that I will work in coordination with everyo

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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at the Union Government over the detention of Ankita Bhandari's parents, terming the action the pinnacle of the Modi government's cowardice and insensitivity. Taking to X, Kharge slammed the government, stating that while the parents pleading for justice were taken into custody, a BJP VIP was rewarded with a gubernatorial post. The pinnacle of the Modi government's cowardice and insensitivity! The parents of Ankita Bhandari, who are pleading for just

YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy expressed solidarity with Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka following their detention. In a post on X, Reddy emphasised the need to restore trust in the electoral system. A proactive approach always yields better results than a reactive stance. The system has a flaw that needs to be corrected. Trust in the electoral process must be restored. The arrests of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka do not solve anything; it only aggravates t

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Brazil's Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment to reduce the country's workweek from six days to five, providing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a key legislative win less than two weeks before the country's presidential runoff. The popular labor reform was backed b

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Brazil's Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment to reduce the country's workweek to five from six days, as the popular labor reform received overwhelming support from all sides of the political aisle in the first of two required votes.

The new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, faced questions on Wednesday about her legal career before becoming the top spokeswoman for US President Donald Trump. Zacharia, who joined the White House on Monday, has said she practiced law before entering

The Federal Reserve will probably need to increase short-term interest rates further to rein in too-high inflation, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said on Wednesday, but

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Chile's state-run copper miner Codelco said on Wednesday it has called a shareholders' meeting for November 5 to discuss its over-reported production figures for 2024 and 2025. During the meeting, Codelco's board will discuss recent press accounts of the matter

A group of 40 state attorneys general on Wednesday urged a US bankruptcy judge in Delaware to protect young users of Character.AI and keep their data safe during the AI companion company's bankruptcy. Character.AI filed for bankruptcy late on Monday and is seeking to use its Chapter 11 case to